UK Data Service Annual Report 2016-2017

Welcome to the UK Data Service Annual Report which covers the period April 2016 to March 2017 and highlights the major achievements of the UK Data Service over the past twelve months. The UK Data Service is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council to meet the data needs of researchers, students and teachers from the academic, central and local government, charities and foundations, independent research centres, think tanks and the commercial sectors.

We provide
– Access to high-quality local, regional, national and international social and economic data
– Support for policy-relevant research in the higher education, public and commercial sectors
– Guidance and training for the development of skills in data use
– The development of best practice data preservation and sharing standards
– The sharing of expertise with international data providers to remove barriers to accessing data

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